lists for everyone

[Jeannie Grassi]

Hi Andy,
Just a note of thanks to you for doing your usual excellent job.  I
wholeheartedly echo and support your sentiments with the direction of
both the CAUT list and Pianotech.  I would miss it greatly, but also,
the Journal would lose a valuable source of input if we limited it to
PTG members only.  Some months I am hard-pressed for top quality
responses from PTG members and rely on non-members contributions for
the Journal.

There are obviously many top-notch technicians out there who have
never become members. If they are willing to share, we all benefit
from their expertise. Rather than make the Lists exclusive to members
only, let's begin to figure out why our organization does not appeal
to more good techs, and begin to change in those areas.

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
Assistant Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net
Bainbridge Island, WA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Andrew
> M. Rudoff
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 10:04 AM
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: lists for everyone
>
>
> >No, buddy, the information isn't "simply there to view".
> Somebody creates
> >the computer files and maintains them, and somebody pays for
> and maintains
> >the server on which they "live" and somebody maintains the
> e-mail lists
> >which generate the information, and somebody takes care of
> the bugs, and
> >somebody deals with all the questions that all the Internert
> ignoramuses are
> >too lazy to find out for themselves, and  somebody pays for
> the bandswidth
> >that it all uses up.
>
> Since I'm the "somebody" who pays for all the stuff mentioned above,
> perhaps I should comment on my current intentions for the lists.  I
> like the idea that the lists are public, not just for PTG members
(the
> exception, of course, is the ptg-l list which is meant to be
> PTG internal).
> I think it makes the PTG look good to provide these as a "community
> service" for the good of everyone using them.  Although I've
> been paying
> for it for several years now, I'm talking to the PTG board about
> starting to get it subsidized by the PTG (mostly I'm looking for
> someone to help me cover the cost of the bandwidth).  The board has
> approved of the general idea and I'm going to discuss the details
> with the ECC so they can make a recommendation to the board.
>
> I do like the idea that things might be "more convenient" for
> PTG members.
> For example, we could provide all the list archives on a CD-ROM to
> PTG members so they can search the archive without waiting for the
> Internet.  I don't know, just an idea...
>
> Anyway, I personally have learned a lot from the lists and when
people
> ask me how they can help keep the lists running I tell them to keep
> posting high-quality information (or stop posting low-quality
> information,
> depending on who I'm talking to :-)
>
> Better get back to preparing my class for tomorrow here in KC...
>
> -andy
>